Five For Friday

This week was testing week!  I was able to finish ALL my reading assessments and enjoy Friday free of testing!  Now I need to enter scores and cross that off the to do list.

I created my sub tub this week.  I am really excited about it...especially for next year.  In the past, I have always typed up specific lesson plans for the day I was going to be out and it was a long and exhausting process.  Now I have my plans ready for any day I am out.  It is a generic template of my schedule throughout the week.

This was my Teacher Tip Tuesday link in my blog.

This is what started my successful week off on the right foot!

It has been MISERABLE weather here for the last 3 weeks with on and off rain and no sun.  :-( fortunately, we were able to go outside in between rain drops and enjoy some chalk!

This was an unplanned happy moment that happened this week int he classroom! 2 of my students and I all wore cowboy boots on the same day so we had to take a picture!  It was so much fun!

YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!! Reading test is finished! I had to give close to 50 tests, but we all survived and now we can move on!

Read Across America Week

This week will be Read Across America Week at school.  We are trying to make it from VA to Alaska in one week by reading, reading, reading!  Each book/chapter from a book will represent 1 mile.  I'm super excited to read to my class and see the jump in reading to re-motivate them before spring time.
To celebrate the week I have made a few tee shirts to wear in the spirit of Seuss Week.

This week is a busy and fun week.  We also will be celebrating the 100th day on school on Friday!  It is a little late this year because of all the snow days. I am very excited to wear these and have lots of fun in the classroom.  

February writing prompts

February is a busy month in first grade. The students have a lot of holidays to celebrate and look forward to.  Here are my writing prompts for February that my students will be working on.  The pack includes 5 writing prompts and crafts to go with each.

One writing is for dental health month. I always try to have a dentist or dental hygienist come in and talk to my students each year. 

Another is about making predictions for groundhog's day. Have the students write their predictions and explain why.

We celebrate the 100th day of school in February, and we have the students dress up like they are 100 years old. I have them also write about what they will do when they are 100.

We learn a lot in first grade. I have the students write down something they learned or found interesting so far this year. Because we are "smart cookies" I also make cookies to bring in for the class as a special treat. 

You can get the tag for these cookies here for free!